There is definitely an argument against musical groups developing more sophisticated musical structures, more complex and poetic lyrics, and a much greater engagement with social and lifestyle issues.  This is because people hate change.  No matter if it is the greatest thing in the whole world, someone will have something negative to say about it.  I mean also the lyrics and the social engagement is a lot more risque (sc?).  They don’t really care about having the perfect image anymore and could care less what teens parents think.  Groups like the Beatles went from clean cut British boys and developed into people who experimented with drugs like LSD and even wrote songs about it.  Also there is the example of Jimmie Hendrix playing the National Anthem at Woodstock in the controversially way at Woodstock.  People definitely had bad things to say about that rendition of the National Anthem, but that was just how he interpreted it as a musician and a Vietnam Veteran.

I feel like development is a good thing in popular music because if music didn’t change and grow then everything would sound the same and everyone would get tired of it.  I really enjoyed listening to the different types of music that were popular throughout the years.  Each generation has a different genre that they go absolutely crazy about.  And eventually, the popular music from a different era usually comes back around but slightly amped up.  An example of this would be the Beatles and One Direction.  Girls went absolutely wild over over the Beatles that you could not even hear the music over the screaming fans.  I feel like that is how it would be for One direction if we didn’t have the modern amplifying technology.  I know that if everything on the radio sounded the same I would not want to listen to it at all.  I feel that pop music sounding similar is why so many people are starting to listen to more “alternative” music because each song has such a different sound.  I know I listen to a lot of older music, ACDC, and alternative just because I am not really a fan of today’s “Top 40.”